YRF Confirms The Railway Men, Starring R Madhavan, Kay Kay Menon, Babil Khan And Divyendu Sharma

Keeping with the market trend, film production company YRF has announced their first OTT project, 'The Railway Men', as a tribute to the unsung heroes of the Bhopal gas tragedy.

The official handle of Yash Raj Films dropped the first teaser and poster for the project. The caption read, “Courage. Grit. Resilience. Saluting #TheRailwayMen - the unsung heroes of 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy through @yrfentertainment's 1st OTT project being directed by @shivrawail,  Streaming - 02 December 2022 @actormaddy @kaykaymenon02 @divyenndu @babil.i.k @yogendramogre”

'The Railway Men' is helmed by Shiv Rawail, starring R. Madhavan, Kay Kay Menon, Divyenndu Sharma and Babil Khan in the lead roles. The project is a tribute to the railway workers at Bhopal station who are the unsung heroes of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, the world's biggest man-made industrial disaster.

In the late hours of December 2, 1984, methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a pesticide factory owned by the American Union Carbide Corporation. It has been reported that more than half a million people were poisoned that night and the official death toll exceeded 5,000.

'The Railway Men' will stream on December 2, 2022, as a homage to humanity and colossal sacrifice in the wake of a crisis that shook the nation.